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Let's start moving
the helikite into the bubble.

[Kaleb] Hey, it's almost like
it's not moving.

[Thomas] Look at the way
it changed directions

-as we got through.
-Yeah.

It makes no sense.

[Travis] Holy crap.
Something turned that rocket.

I've got some perspectives
on the first rocket flight.

[Travis] Now watch,
the rocket turns and goes crazy.

What-what, what's it
responding to?

-The blob was right there.
-[Erik] Let's just

keep watching.

-[Thomas] Whoa.
-[Erik] What is that light?

[Thomas] Oh, wow.

[Sam] The sled
is gonna help us understand

what's inside the mesa
and see what's in there.

[Thomas] That's gonna
come in handy

-when the drillers get here.
-[sensor sounding]

[Travis] What?

There's something metallic
buried in the mesa.

[Narrator] There is a ranch
in Northern Utah.

It is considered the epicenter

of the strangest

and most disturbing occurrences
on Earth.

For two decades,

the federal government

investigated the property.

Their findings
have never been made public.

[Travis] Right there!
We got something!

[Narrator] Now a new team

of independent scientists
and researchers

are taking over.

They are uncovering evidence

that the countless stories...

It came right out of the mesa.

...of unidentified
aerial phenomena...

UAP right there!

...bizarre energies...

It looks like there's
a heat source right above 'em.

...and portals that lead
to other dimensions...

We're maybe looking
at the anomaly

for the first time, guys.

...might actually be true.

They will stop at nothing
to reveal...

...The Secret
of Skinwalker Ranch.

[Travis] I hear
the drillers coming.

Yeah. There they are.

[Travis] After weeks
of planning, this morning,

we're starting
a new drilling operation

to uncover the truth about one

of the biggest mysteries
on Skinwalker Ranch.

A 400-foot-long,
possibly metallic object

and smaller anomalies
that we've repeatedly detected

with all kinds of equipment
inside the mesa.

[Thomas] I want
to introduce you guys

to Jed and Bo

-with Triple A Drilling.
-[Erik] Welcome to the ranch.

Well, it's good to get
you guys up on the mesa.

We're standing at a spot
where our drilling efforts

-were brought to a standstill
last year. -[Travis chuckles]

-An infamous spot. -Yes.
I would say an infamous spot.

Something stopped us
in our tracks right here.

And-and so the, uh...

the strategy, as you know,

is we're gonna try to engage
with it from the top.

[Travis] In 2024, while drilling
a six-inch borehole

just to the west
of the big object,

the drill bit was destroyed

after hitting something
harder than rock

just 33 feet
from the top of the mesa.

It's completely welded shut.

-It's friction welded.
-Yeah. Mm-hmm.

[Travis] And that's
when Chris Roberts discovered

manufactured pieces of ceramics

recovered from the drilling
spoils at the same depth.

We put the liquid nitrogen
in there and the sample.

We had them lab tested

and found evidence
that they're similar

to the heat-resistant tiles
on man-made spacecraft.

I just can't believe
something so small

could withstand something
that cold for that long.

[Erik] So, we want

to go down to 33 feet
or until we hit

whatever it is
that's buried here.

[Travis] So, with ranch owner
Brandon Fugal's permission,

Thomas spearheaded
a plan to drill

larger-diameter vertical holes
from the top of the mesa

to see if we can recover proof

of whatever's actually in there.

[Erik] It's my understanding
you guys have

a 48-inch or four-foot-diameter
cutting tool.

So we're gonna get a hole
that's just a little bigger

-than that, I guess.
-Yeah.

Now, I understand
that we can pull

that cutting head out
and examine the things

-as we sneak up on this target.
-Yeah.

We're gonna try to get

some solid cores out
for Chris to look at.

[Thomas] The most important
thing here is the owner told us

-"I don't want to damage
whatever's there." -[Jed] Okay.

So he's given us his blessing
on the condition

that we do it slow.

So we'll rely on
your guys' experience.

If you feel anything out of
the ordinary as you're drilling,

let's stop. Let's err
on the side of caution,

-examine it.
-[Travis] Right.

So to get
all the way down 33 feet

through rock like that,

how long would it take,
do you think?

-Probably a good couple
of long days. -[Travis] Okay.

-Well, let's say we get to work.
The plan'll be... -Let's do it.

...that Erik and Sam

-will be up here with
their science equipment. -Okay.

[Travis] Kaleb, if you don't
mind, I want you to go with me.

-We'll set up down at the bottom
of the mesa. -Okay.

So I'll have all my antennas and
stuff pointed up here at you.

-Let's do it.
-Good.

[Travis] A lot
of strange things happen

when we drill in the mesa.

Several times, we've detected

mysterious
radio frequency signals.

And some of them
were actually coming from

inside the mesa itself.

-Look at this cow!
-[mooing]

And a couple of years ago,
one of the young cows

in the field just south
of the drill site

suddenly became really sick
from a possible radiation spike.

We don't know if these things
are related to whatever's

in the mesa or if it's
because the drill site

sits within another important
area of interest, the bubble.

The invisible anomaly
with a 2,000-foot radius

where we've documented
the same kind of RF signals,

unexplained energy spikes,
and more UAPs than we can count.

So while we're drilling,

we'll be closely monitoring
our spectrum analyzers

and radiation detectors
from both the top

and bottom of the mesa.

Okay, we'll have you
track forward.

[beeping]

[Thomas] Hey, guys.
The drill bit is on.

The drill is in place.

We are in position, and they
are ready to start drilling.

They can go ahead
and start turning that head.

Go ahead and spin her!

Drill bit just made contact
with the earth

and we are ten seconds
from spinning.

[whirring]

Well, look. Right here.
Look right here.

This 1.6 gigahertz signal

showed up
right when Thomas said that.

That is not believable.

Look, look, you can see it
right there.

[Kaleb] Yeah.

[Travis] What in the crap?

Hey, Erik. Do you copy?

[Erik] Yeah, Travis. Go ahead.
What do you got?

You ain't gonna believe this,

but, literally,
as soon as Thomas said

that drill hit the ground,

a 1.6 gigahertz signal
spiked up immediately.

Well, now,
that's very suspicious.

[squeaking]

Are you seeing that?

[Sam] Yeah, so we've got
the 1.6 peak up here as well.

[Erik] Travis, we are seeing

-1.6 as well.
-That's so weird.

1.6 gigahertz signals
have appeared

on our spectrum analyzers
during a lot of our experiments.

Most of 'em, actually.

And what's most strange
about that frequency

is that the U.S. military
uses it

for Earth-to-satellite
communications.

So where did this come from?

And right when we're about
to start drilling in the mesa.

[Thomas] Well, there's
your first spoils.

She's cutting, though.
It's going down.

[Erik] Thomas, you got a copy?

Yeah, go ahead, Erik.

Uh, what would you guess
to be the depth at this point?

They've probably gone down
six to eight inches.

So far,
everything's going smooth.

[Erik] Copy, Thomas.

I hope this progress continues.

[Travis] So far, so good.

[Thomas] Hey there.

-[Haleigh] Hey.
-Sure appreciate

you, uh, shuffling
your schedule

-and helping us out.
-[Erik] Haleigh. -Hi.

[Travis] Later that afternoon,
as the drilling continued,

Thomas and Erik
headed over to the corral

for an emergency meeting

with veterinarian
Dr. Haleigh Lundgreen.

-My two sons, Kevin and Micah.
-Nice to meet you.

-Nice to meet you.
-I, uh...

make 'em come out here
when we're working cows.

These guys are well trained
in, uh, herding cows,

branding cows--

all things cows.

[Travis] Shortly after drilling
started this morning,

we got a call from Thomas's
sons, Kevin and Micah,

who discovered a calf
that looked sick or injured.

They found it south
of the drill site

and just inside the western
boundary of the bubble.

-[Thomas] We found a sick calf.
-Yep.

Uh, it separated from the herd.

We tried to stand it up,

but it's not really responding
very well.

So, just a little worried
about it.

-Okay.
-[Erik] We'll head out

and take a look at the area
where the calf is.

-All right. Sounds good.
-[Thomas] Okay.

[Thomas] We've long heard tales

that bad things happen
when you dig on the ranch.

Watching a calf out there
in distress

definitely was a bad thing.

The area that the calf's

laying in is
of special interest to us.

It's near where we watched
a calf seemingly get radiated

a couple years ago
while we were drilling.

It's definitely got me
on high alert.

So, you see the calf?

-[Haleigh] Yeah.
-[Thomas] Doesn't look like

-it's moved since we found it,
does it? -[Kevin] Yeah.

[Erik] You've got your gear
with you.

You can take a look
at the animal up close.

-[Haleigh] Yeah. -I'm gonna
take some measurements out here.

[Thomas] Okay.

[Haleigh] Does somebody
just want to restrain for me

-while I examine?
-Sure.

-Yep. -[Erik] Here we have
another vulnerable young animal

going down inside
the western bubble boundary.

-Hey, baby.
-Aw.

[Erik] This is now the second
calf in this general region

of the ranch
that has experienced some kind

of medical episode.

And I find it interesting
that it happened

the same day
we started drilling.

It's not clear to me
whether we're dealing with some

radioactive phenomenon
or some EMI phenomenon.

But while Haleigh and Thomas
tend to the calf,

I'll be taking measurements
to see if we can find a cause.

[Haleigh] At least
a month or two old here.

-Come here. Oh. Wait.
-Oh.

[Haleigh] Yeah. We definitely
have an increased heart rate

and an increased
respiratory rate.

[sniffles]

We have a temperature of 103.3.

The high normal is 103 even,

so the temperature's high.

Easy.

So definitely signs
of some stress.

Yes.

When we have a fever,
that's typically an indication

that we have some kind
of infection going on.

I do think that she needs
to be treated

-with antibiotics.
-Okay.

That infection can be secondary
due to something else,

like low white blood cell count,

which can be a symptom
of chronic radiation poisoning.

But either way, I do feel like
this calf needs

more diagnostics and blood work.

-Okay.
-I do feel like

this calf needs
additional treatment.

[Travis] There have been a lot
of strange cattle injuries

and even deaths over the years
on Skinwalker Ranch.

And every single time,
we have to ask ourselves,

is this cow just sick?
Or is it related to something

that's happening here
on the ranch?

The cow is right near
the boundary of the bubble,

and we also just started
our drilling operation.

Could these things
have something to do with it?

[Thomas] I'm also curious

what Erik's finding
as you've been doing your scans.

[Erik] Thomas, I'm getting
the same kind

of radiation dose over here
that I would see

at the command center
or anywhere else on the ranch.

But, um, in the past,

we've seen some enormous spikes

in radiation. Very concerning.

Okay. So we probably need
to load her up, take her back

to the corrals.

-[Haleigh] Yeah.
-Okay.

[Thomas] Because the calf is ill

and it could have been caused
by radiation,

Dr. Lundgreen requests

that we get this calf back
to the corral.

All right.

Once there, she'll be
better equipped

to take blood samples
from it and do

a more thorough checkup.

Easy, easy, easy.

Easy, buddy. Easy, buddy.

All right.

Okay. All right.

Good to see the fight.

-[Haleigh] I know.
That's a good sign. -Come on.

Come on. Come on. All right.

-Showing some life now.
-Yeah.

[Thomas] Well, it's interesting

that we get her away
from the bubble

and now it's looking like
it's got life to it.

[Haleigh] She's
definitely happier.

When we got out there,

the calf was not feeling well
and was pretty ill.

But pretty much as soon as
we got back over to the corral,

she was standing up

and wanting to run around
and leave.

The change was pretty drastic.

So after evaluating,

I do have some recommendations
for you guys.

Since we're concerned about
an environmental factor here,

I would highly recommend
that we do a chemistry panel,

which is a baseline blood panel

looking for any kind
of blood issues,

kidney function, liver function,

-as well as a heavy metals test.
-Okay.

Yeah, you know, based
on what we've seen out there,

for safety going forward,
I'm gonna attach some dosimeters

to monitor
for radiation exposure.

I'm thinking one for the calf,

another for the mother

to get, uh, measurements
over the same time period.

[Thomas] Well, then,
uh, I say we go ahead

and get 'em
into the squeeze chute

and, uh, we'll let you
do your thing.

-I'll meet you over there.
-All right. Sounds good.

[Erik] I'm interested
in any special causes

for what is happening

with these young animals in this
particular region of the ranch.

All right, ready? Sticking.

[Erik] I'm very hopeful
that Haleigh's going to be able

to give us some insights
on exactly what happened

to them and what pattern
might exist

at the boundary of our bubble.

[Thomas] All right, baby.
You're done.

We'll keep a close eye on 'em.

And if we see anything,
we'll let you know.

-Yeah. I think she'll do well.
-Awesome.

-[Thomas] Thank you again.
-[Haleigh] All right. Thank you.

-[Thomas] Wow.
-[Chris] Yeah, let's get

the tape in there.

[Travis] By late afternoon,
the drillers had gotten

about four feet down

when they had to wrap
for the day.

[Thomas] That's
a fantastic start, guys.

[Travis] But for the rest of us,

there was still gonna be
a long night ahead.

[Erik] Guys, welcome back
to the edge

of the bubble.

[Travis] We were
gonna be running

a new experiment out
at the western bubble boundary.

And returning to the ranch
to help us

was Preston Ward and his team

from Sky Elements Drone Shows.

If you look out there,
you see the posts.

That's the markers that show the
circumference of this bubble.

That's where we want to focus
with the drone swarm.

Aside from what just happened
with the calf,

a lot of our instruments,
like rockets and drones

and even larger stuff
like a helikite,

seem to get physically pushed
away or malfunction

when they make contact
with the bubble boundary.

It sounds insane.

So to try and get a better
handle on why this is happening,

we've invited Preston
and his team back

to run our next experiment.

So, Preston, uh,

why don't you talk
a little bit about, uh,

what you're gonna do tonight
and-and what you need from us.

[Preston] We're gonna set up
100 drones in this area,

and then we're gonna lay
a ten-by-ten grid pattern.

Then we're gonna move that
in and out

of the bubble wall
up to 1,000 feet.

[Erik] Preston,
do I understand that these are

horizontal stacks?
Or are we gonna do a vertical?

-These are horizontal stacks.
-[Erik] Okay. -Awesome.

The drones come equipped

with GPS instruments
which let us track

all of their movements
from launch,

to the sky, and back.

So if anything weird
affects the drones

as they go through the boundary,

hopefully the data can tell us

exactly where it happened
and for how long.

While you guys do that,

we're gonna be recording

the drones with
specialty cameras and lidar.

We'll also launch a rocket
at one point

while you guys are flying

to see if it can get through
the bubble boundary, too.

-Sounds like a plan.
-[Travis] So, at this point,

I think we need to get putting
stuff together and get to work,

because, uh,
it's gonna be dark soon

and you guys got
a lot of work to do.

-That we do.
-Let's get to work, y'all!

[Erik] I'm really glad
to have the Sky Elements team

back on-site
to continue our work together

in studying the bubble boundary.

[Preston] Let's get online fast.

-I'm working on it. -[Erik] And
I'm hoping they're going

to give us insights
that we have yet to gain

from any of the studies
so far performed.

[Kaleb] So you're going
to do a test flight

-with the first-person drone?
-[Brian] Yeah, I'm gonna go

fly around the perimeter
of the bubble.

-Okay. -And then I'm gonna do
zigzags in and out

-and just see if something's
going on there. -Okay.

[Travis] In addition to all

of our monitoring devices
on the ground,

Brian Woodward
will also be flying a special

first-person view drone,

so we can monitor
the swarm up close

on a live video feed.

Okay.

Nice and easy.

Exiting the bubble boundary.

Coming back in.

Turn around and go out
and then come back in.

Whoa.

I just lost control.

Shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot,
shoot, shoot, shoot.

-[Kaleb] He just crashed.
-Oh, man.

I totally lost it.

-And it was right when it went
past the bubble boundary. -Yeah.

Shoot.

didn't seem to crash
into a wall.

It just shorted out
and fell to the ground.

And this is a few yards from
where the cow was acting sick.

Is there something
in this area of the ranch

causing these things to happen?

And is it connected somehow
with the bubble boundary?

Yo, Preston.

-What's going on, guys?
-So I pulled this out

to test just flying in and out
of the bubble over there.

But as soon as I went by
one of the fence posts,

just complete loss
of video signal.

Interesting.
Do you have any idea

-what might've caused it or--
-I have no idea.

[Preston] Well, Cameron
is trying to get

these four drones online,
and he can only get two.

So you're already having issues

with just connecting
to your drones over here?

-Correct.
-Okay.

I mean, that access point,
we fly entire shows off of one

-that go 900 feet away.
-Yeah.

The access point is...

50 feet from those?

Each one of those
can handle 1,500 drones.

So we're trying to connect
four drones to a device

that can handle 1,500.
So it doesn't

make any sense, especially with
how close they are.

-That's very intriguing.
-Interesting.

[Travis] In the number of times

these guys
have been out here now,

connectivity issues
always seem to crop up.

And they tell us
this only happens to them

on Skinwalker Ranch.

And now here it is again.

Plus, throw in the fact
that, tonight,

we're right at
the bubble boundary.

What's that adding to the mix?

We're gonna see
if we can get these online

-and get the show set up.
-Okay. Sounds good.

-See you in a little bit.
-Thanks, guys. -Good luck.

♪ ♪

[Preston] When we had 'em
all set up before dark--

-We didn't see this at all.
-We didn't see anything.

[Travis] After a few hours,
Preston and Matt

had finally managed
to get all 100 drones

connected to the network.

But right when the swarm
was ready to launch, guess what.

[Thomas] Did you
just lose 'em all again?

[Preston] Yeah. I have, like,

40 dropping off.

It's jumping around a lot.

Yeah, now it's 50. So it k--

It's like it's rising.

[Matt] Definitely
some wireless latency.

[Ellis] Yeah, very slow.

We can't communicate
with the drones

because the wireless spectrum,
it's so flooded.

Oh, my gosh.

[Matt] See, 99% utilized.

[Thomas] Wow.

So, for some reason now,
it's saying

that something else is using all

-of the Wi-Fi bandwidth?
-Yep.

I've never seen
the spectrum that full.

All over theme parks,

different cities where there's a
huge amount of wireless traffic.

I've never seen 99% utilization,

-especially where we are.
-Wow.

Hey, guys, do you copy?

Yeah, Thomas.
Go ahead. What's up?

[Thomas] They're seeing
99% utilization

of the Wi-Fi spectrum.

They're having a hard time
keeping these things connected.

That's, uh...

that's crazy.

We have our own Wi-Fi network
on the ranch.

And there are hardly any devices
using it at any given time.

This shouldn't be a problem
for Sky Elements.

So what the hell is using
all of our bandwidth?

And why right now?

[beeping]

-Did they just go?
-[Preston] It seems to be

better.

-All of the sudden.
-[Ellis] For now.

[Thomas] So you're good to go?

[Preston] Yeah, we're good to go
right now. It seems to be

relatively stable.

[Thomas] Wow. I wonder
what suddenly changed.

Hey, Thomas to the science tent.

Drones are all connected.
We got a green light to go?

Go, Thomas, go.

Copy that.

Five,

four, three,

two, one.

-Launch.
-Drones are hot.

[drones buzzing]

Okay, taking off.

[Travis] Despite
the crash earlier,

Brian was back up and running
with the FPV drone

to keep a close eye on the swarm
during the experiment.

One didn't lift.

Two didn't lift.

[Thomas] You had
two drones stay home?

[Preston] Two drones
stayed home.

-Travis, do you see? -Yeah. They
got a couple drones missing.

Hey, Erik, be advised
there's a couple drones missing

in the constellation.

Copy that, Travis.
That's very interesting.

Thanks for the update.

[Thomas] The center of that

formation should be right over

the bubble boundary.

[Travis] Right over the posts
marking the western boundary.

[Thomas] What's the elevation?

We are at 250 feet.

[Ellis] Got about 25 off
right now.

Thirty.

Where are they at in relation
to the boundary? Can you tell?

[Preston] It's-- Definitely
seems like as they transition

from outside the boundary
to inside,

they disconnected
from the Wi-Fi.

Right now, they're transitioning
through it and you can see

that there's a lot of

-disconnecting and dropping off.
-[Thomas] Oh, wow.

[Travis] As the swarm
rose in elevation

and moved back and forth
through the bubble boundary,

the drones kept losing
their Wi-Fi connection

only when they passed
through the boundary.

As soon as they were through it,

the connection would come back.

Every single time.

And with all 100 drones.

[Preston] It is coming
into the bubble now.

We can confirm that with what
it's showing on the computer.

-[Preston] Yeah.
-What-What's the elevation?

[Preston] It's 1,000 feet.

[Royston] Pretty stable there.

-Yeah. -[Thomas] Hey, guys,
we are at 1,000 feet now.

[Travis] Whoa. Look at that.

We just had a giant hit
at 1.6 gigahertz.

Hey, Erik, do you copy?

Yeah, Travis, loud and clear.

I'm picking up
a 1.6 gigahertz signal

on the handheld
spectrum analyzer.

That's strange.

-I don't see anything on my end.
-Really?

-That's interesting now.
-Yeah, it's very interesting.

It's weird that my handheld
spectrum analyzer

is the only one picking up
this 1.6 gigahertz signal.

And that I only picked it up
after some of the drones

lost their Wi-Fi signal again.

Could it be coming
from whatever's

shutting down that connection?

Let us know when they start
their descent.

[Preston] They're starting
to come down now.

-[Thomas] Wow.
-[Travis] Whoa!

We're getting
some pretty big wobble.

[Travis] Whoa!

They're starting to fall
out of formation.

[Thomas] The one
almost hit the other.

[Travis] Whoa!
Oh, it almost hit it.

Right after I picked up
a 1.6 gigahertz signal,

the drone swarm started
losing its preprogrammed

square formation,

and a bunch of the drones
looked like

they were gonna crash
into each other.

Look at that.

[Travis] So, maybe that signal
came from the bubble boundary

and messed up the drones.

[Preston] All back down.

Erik, be advised,
the drones are on the ground.

The FPV is still flying
around over them.

Copy that, Travis.

It would appear
the disruptive effects

with the drone swarm happens
as it penetrates

the western boundary
of what we call the bubble.

We're talking about an area
that's just right there

next to Homestead Two.

So many interesting things
happen

in that part of the ranch,
and we're seeing

corroboration
of some of the history

in the current behavior
of this drone swarm.

[Ellis] Weird.

It just really seemed like,
as they transition

from outside to inside
the bubble,

we see them start to wobble.

Yeah, that transition
was definitely

causing connectivity issues,

and it seemed to be when you got
to the outside of the bubble,

it was better than when it was
on the inside of the bubble.

And that's very unusual,

because when you're inside
the barrier,

we're closer
to the access points.

When we're outside the barrier,
we're further away.

[Thomas] Makes that
Wi-Fi disconnection

even stranger, right?

-[Preston] Correct.
-[Ellis] Yes.

[Erik] So, will we still
be able to run

the second swarm?

What do you guys think?

[Preston] About ten minutes
and we'll be ready to go,

assuming we get a Wi-Fi signal.

[Thomas] Erik,
they're saying it'll take them

about ten minutes before they're
ready to take flight again.

Copy that.

[Travis] The second phase
of the drone experiment

was gonna be much smaller.

These drones were set to fly
in consecutive pairs,

in and out
of the bubble boundary,

and once again,
to an elevation of 1,000 feet.

We wanted to see if fewer drones
would be able to maintain

a more stable Wi-Fi connection.

All right, so, uh, Kaleb and I
are about to load up

and then, uh,
take the rockets down.

Copy that.

[Travis] Once the drones
reach maximum altitude,

Kaleb and I were set
to launch a rocket

from just outside the bubble
boundary at Homestead Two.

In 2023, we launched
a rocket here after we detected

one of those strange
1.6 gigahertz signals.

Hey, it looks like
it's stuck there.

-Look.
-[Kaleb] Yeah.

[Travis] And as the rocket
was coming back down,

it froze in midair
for a few moments.

It was just nuts.

So, now, we wanted to launch
a rocket at the same spot

of the bubble boundary again
for two reasons.

First, if this rocket freezes,
that might confirm

that the boundary
was what caused it.

And second, we wanted to see
if something even stranger

would happen to the drones

as they passed through
the boundary.

We're ready whenever y'all are.

And the show is rolling.

Five,

four, three,

two, one.

-Launch.
-[Ellis] Drones are hot.

[Preston] First two taking off.

What's our elevation?

Coming up on 500 feet.

[Thomas] 500 feet and climbing.

Hey, Travis,
we are approaching 900 feet.

Copy that, Thomas.

Yeah, we're over 900 now.

We are now over 900.

[Travis] Copy that.

We're about to launch
the rocket in about ten seconds.

[Preston] We're at 1,000 feet.

[Thomas] Drones have reached
their ceiling of 1,000 feet.

We're passing through
the bubble boundary now.

[Travis] Rocket's launching
in five, four,

three, two, one.

That one went.

[Thomas] The drones are now
on their way down.

[Travis] Whoa, did you see that?
Did you see it?

Something just zipped
right across the sky.

Erik, something just zipped
right overhead just above

Homestead Two, moving real fast.

I don't know if you were-- had
any cameras looking this way.

[Thomas] The high-speed cameras

are going and pointed
that direction.

There's a great possibility

I caught it in the camera.

[Erik] Copy. I didn't
see anything in real time,

so I'll look for it
when I process the camera data.

[Travis] That was
one of the most stunning UAPs

I've ever seen.

And it appeared right after
we launched that rocket.

[Preston] Next group is up.

[Travis] We were hoping
it might show up again

during the rest
of our drone swarm.

But the remaining pairs flew

without anything unusual
showing up.

And final set of drones
are on their way down.

So, hopefully,
whatever that blue orb was,

we caught it
on one of our cameras,

and it'll show up after Erik
has time to process it

with his Meta-Frame software.

I cannot wait to see

all of the data
that Sky Elements took tonight

with all the drones
moving in and out of the bubble.

Yeah, this is the most
problematic I've ever had

trying to get
100 drones up anywhere.

And, you know,
we don't have issues when we do

thousands of drones,
so it was very, very odd,

that it was so bad
in just, in a field.

[Thomas] I kind of
have a feeling that,

after we have time to start
reviewing some of this,

we're gonna find there was
probably more going on tonight

-than what any of us realized.
-Quite possibly.

-Quite possibly.
-[Travis] Well, look, I know

you guys got a lot to pack up,
so I say we, uh, get to it.

[Erik] Yeah, thanks
for a great exercise.

That was am-- that was amazing.

Can't wait to see all this data.

-[overlapping chatter]
-[Thomas] Thanks, everybody.

[Travis] So,
what do you got, Erik?

We got, uh, Preston and Matt,

uh, from Sky Elements
on the line,

and I can't wait
to find out what kind of data

they've got to share with us.

Hey, Preston. Hey, Matt.
Thanks for joining.

-How's it going, guys?
-Hey.

[Travis] Erik and the guys
from Sky Elements worked fast

to get all their data processed
by the next day.

So, after all the problems
they had with the drones

during the experiment,

we hoped to learn some things
about the bubble boundary.

What I'd like to do is, uh,
is-is have you guys jump

right into the data coming back
out of the drone swarm.

Yeah, absolutely, so, Matt
got some real interesting data

looking at some of the Wi-Fi
communication issues,

and then, also, some of the, uh,

the other weirdness
that we saw that night.

[Matt] I'll share
my screen here.

[Erik] Okay.

[Matt] So, this is data
we've collected

from one of our drones
from our 100-drone swarm test

the other night.

Once we were able
to connect most of the drones,

here's what we were able
to get from the field.

-[Erik] Yes.
-[Matt] Um, and then kind of

zigzagging our way
up to 1,000 feet,

flying out through
the bubble in here, right?

Each drone has two communication
channels with the ground.

And that's really important
from a redundancy perspective,

as well as for safety,
for the drones

to keep their formations
tight and locked in.

The green and orange lines
here represent

two independent
data connections.

Orange is Wi-Fi, green is
our long-range wireless signal.

And when they are both connected
and working normally,

these lines overlap.

But in this area,
this is communication loss.

-Really?
-Yes.

[Matt] When we get
to a little over 200 feet

above the ground,
as we're transitioning

through the bubble boundary,
our Wi-Fi channel,

which is the orange line here,
begins to degrade.

[Travis] So, you're showing
that you're missing data

once you cross through
the bubble barrier.

-Yes. Correct.
-Wow, look at that.

[Royston] Look at that.

[Matt] There's definitely
something in this area

right here that is reducing
our Wi-Fi signal.

[Travis] Well,
that's interesting.

[Preston] Yeah,
I wouldn't expect

to lose Wi-Fi communication,

especially at a lower altitude
as well.

[Travis] That makes sense.

[Matt] But you can
kind of see here,

as we start to come out
of the bubble boundary,

things seem to kind of
resolve themselves,

which is, in itself,
interesting.

[Travis] Wow, look at that.

That is a significant
difference.

Yeah. Yep.

I'm interested to see
if you saw a similar effect

on the two
drone formation flights.

Great question.

I can pull one of those
up right now, too.

There you go.

Big loss of signal there.

[Travis] Wow, look at that.

Hey, Matt,
what was the point, um,

from when you lose connection

and when you get it back,
how much time was that?

Yeah, what is that time?

[Matt] That's, like,
a full minute.

[Travis] What is the speed
that these drones were flying?

-Do we know?
-[Matt] During that period

of time when we lost connection
to the drones,

we were going about two feet
per second horizontally.

[Travis] Two feet per second
for one minute,

that's 120 feet.

We just may have,
for the first time ever,

measured the width
of the bubble boundary.

-[Thomas] Wow.
-Wow.

[Travis] According to the data,
when the drones

zigged and zagged up
through the bubble boundary,

the connection
to the base station

cut out for a horizontal
distance of exactly 120 feet.

This experiment helped us
to better map out

the actual dimensions
of the bubble

and the thickness
of its boundary.

It's about 120 feet thick,

or at least it was
on this particular experiment.

[Erik] Yeah,
it could be fluctuating.

[Travis] And it might only be
that thick for the signal

the drones were using
to communicate with.

So, we need to measure it
with other phenomenon.

-Yeah, that's a good point.
-[Thomas] It'll be something

to watch as we do
future experiments,

to see if that 120
stays consistent

or if we see fluctuation.

Oh, that's a great idea. Man.

This is exciting, guys.
This is fantastic.

Preston, Matt, you know,
gosh, this has brought

so many insights to the table.

We are so grateful
to have this level of detail

coming out of this one exercise.

Can't wait to follow up.

We'll see you guys
next time, all right?

Sounds good. Thanks, guys.

-Thanks, everybody.
-[Erik] Thank you.

See you guys.

Now, Pete, I know you've got
some data to share with us

-from the bubble boundary.
-Mm-hmm.

-Uh, you ready to bring that up?
-Sure.

I'll show you what I have.

So, this is the terrestrial
laser scanner data

from, uh, just outside
the bubble boundary.

So, you can see over here,
this is the face of the mesa,

and then the tree line,

and Homestead Two
is right in those trees.

-Uh-huh. -Look at that.
-[Pete] Now,

what is this?

[Travis] I can't--
zoom over there to it.

Hmm. Well, that's up in the sky.

[Erik] Well, it seems like
the trees there

appear to be pushed up
in the sky

above the Homestead area.

You think we're looking at
displaced data there again?

Because we've certainly
seen that before.

We have,
but displaced from what?

[Erik] Let's see
if that lines up

-with the other features.
-[Pete] Okay.

[Thomas] If you zoomed in
just a little bit...

[Travis] There it is.
There it is.

-[Erik] There it is.
-[Travis] It's supposed to be

right there. Look right there.
It's supposed to fit.

-So, it's the top of
that tree... -[Erik] Displaced.

[Travis] Right over Homestead
Two, and it's pushed out.

-[Pete] 60 meters.
-[Travis] 60 meters, so...

For some reason,

you're displaced about 200 feet

away from Homestead Two.

-That's interesting.
-[Erik] Hmm.

[Travis] Um...

Well, but wait a minute.

Right where that
displaced treetop is,

that's right where we saw
a blue orb

fly from the mesa
across Homestead Two

-to the trees on the south.
-Yes.

-Wow.
-Wow.

[Travis] Pete's lidar data
was split,

and part of it was displaced,
like, 200 feet away

from where
it should have appeared.

I swear, that's right where
Kaleb and I saw a UAP

during the experiment.

That's too crazy
to be a coincidence.

Did you record this
in Meta-Frame?

We might have
a Meta-Frame trace of it.

[Pete] That would be amazing.

[Erik] Let's take a look.

I'm gonna take us to the exact
time of Pete's lidar scan.

And remember, this will play
like a time-lapse.

Okay, so, you may recognize
already the form that you see.

You know, that this
lines up perfectly

-with the flight plan for the,
for the drones. -[Thomas] Yeah.

[Erik] Okay,
so we're gonna play forward.

Any new lights emerge?

[Thomas] I think I see it.

So, watch that little dot
right there.

-Okay. -All right,
should I back up, Thomas?

-[Thomas] Uh, yeah.
-[Erik] Okay.

I'm backing up.

Okay, going forward.

Okay, there's the light.

[Kaleb] That's right over
Homestead Two.

[Travis] That could be it.

-It could very well be.
-[Thomas] And see,

if you look close,

these are the posts
for the bubble boundary

right here by Homestead Two.

-Oh, yeah. -Yes, they are.
-[Thomas] Right?

So, that kind of gives you
a reference as to

-where you're at in space.
-Yeah. -Yeah.

And it appeared
right about the time

-we said that it was,
it would appear. -Mm-hmm.

[Travis] So, during
about that same time,

we've got your lidar anomaly,

we've got that light in the sky.

-[Erik] Mm-hmm. -And then,
we've got the other things

going on with the drones,
so that's fascinating.

-I mean, it correlates, anyway.
-Right.

[Travis] I don't know
what that UAP was,

where it came from
or where it went,

but could it have been related
to Pete's messed-up data?

And was it somehow connected

to whatever caused
the issues that Sky Elements had

at the start of the experiment?

Just more questions
we need to find answers for.

You know, I got to tell you,
the more and more we do

these experiments on the barrier

of the bubble wall,
whatever it is,

it makes me think it...
[chuckles]

...that this,
it could be a real thing.

-[Erik] Yeah.
-It's so weird.

Well, I have a feeling
that's gonna be a driver

for our experiments
for weeks to come.

[Travis] We're gonna
figure this out, guys.

-[Thomas] All right.
-All right.

[Erik] This is the kind
of homework I like to have.

[Travis] All right, man.

[Erik] Every one of these
experiments that we perform,

exploring the boundary
of the bubble,

is an attempt to determine
whether we're dealing with

something that is just
a digital artifact

or something
that is physically real.

And the more
we see these results

where, uh, systems
are being interfered with,

or strange things are happening
out on that periphery,

the more I think
some members of our team

are becoming convinced that
we're dealing with something

that is, in fact,
physically real.

[Thomas] Any time we can get
Sky Elements out here,

it gives us hundreds
of GPS sensors,

hundreds of magnetometers

and just so much data
to go off of.

Last night's experiment
yields us a lot of information

to help us better understand

the nature of this bubble,

and really,
how it's affecting us.

It drives home the point

that we need to do
more experiments

right along
this bubble boundary.

[Travis] There has to be
some sort

of energetic force
inside the bubble.

Something that isn't
just physical

but has the capability
to interact

and even interfere
with advanced technology.

And we're not giving up

until we can say for sure
exactly what it is.

[Erik] Be advised, the drilling

has begun.

We are picking up a signal.

-Are you kidding?
-I am not kidding.

-There it is. Right there.
-Right there.

-This is not us.
-[Travis] Wow!

It looks like
it's coming our way.

[Travis] Yeah,
it came backwards on us!

[Royston] That's crazy.
Did that just reverse

when we hit the bubble wall?

Out of nowhere,

-we've got something...
-[Travis] Oh, yeah,

that's got to be hundreds
of feet in the air.

What in the world is that?

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